Academic interests
Church History, Practical Theology
Homiletics, Luther, Pietism, Reformation Studies
Courses taught
https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/teologi/tf/TFF1001/index.html
https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/teologi/tf/TEOL2500/index.html
TEOL2004 Martin Luther og 1500-tallets teologiske stridigheter
https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/teologi/tf/TEOL4020/index.html
Background
Cand.theol, University of Oslo 1998, Ph.D. with the dissertation The religious Pedagogic of Lucas Osiander (1534 - 1604), University of Oslo 2011
2020 - Professor, University of Oslo
2017- 2020 Associate professor, University of Oslo
2014 - 2016 President, Practical-Theological Seminary
2010 - 2016 Associate professor, Practical-Theological Seminary
2006 - 2010 Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oslo
2000 - 2006 Curate, Frogner parish, Church of Norway
1999 - 2000 Chaplain, Gardermoen air base
Projects and Networks
2016-2019 Lutherische Orthodoxie revisited DFG(German Research Foundation)-funded project led by Sascha Salatowsky, University of Erfurt
2015-2018 Tracing the Jerusalem Code, NRC-funded project led by Kristin Aavitsland, MF Norwegian School of Theology
2015-2017 Preaching in the “refugee crises”, European project led by Alexander Deeg, University of Leipzig and funded by the Thyssen foundation
2013-2015 Gudstjenester med konfirmanter (Services with confirmands), led by Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen, funded by The Norwegian Church Council
2010-2013 Death in Early Protestant Culture, NRC-funded project Led by Tarald Rasmussen, Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo
2009-2012 Eksempelets makt (The power of the example), sponsored by the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo and led by Anne Eriksen, University of Oslo